Acid reflux: Normally, stomach acids remain in the stomach where the lining is well protected from damage by cels that produce mucin. The esophagus has less protection than the stomach and if acids leave the stomach frequently, the esophagus can be damaged. Acid exposure to damagesd tissues can cause pain (heart burn). Even though this sounds like reflux, a docctor's evaluation is suggested to confirm this. ...Read more.
This means that the floor of the Atlantic Ocean basin has a big 'rip' in the middle where magma is spewing out and forming new oceanic crust and thus forcing Africa and South America away from each other.This has been happening since the Jurassic period, some 200 million years ago!Source(s): geology degree.ell, one side of each continent (the atlantic ocean side) is moving away from the other continent, but since the earth is round, this means that the other sides must be moving toward each other, unless the world is growing, and it doesn,t appear to be, so..... busterwasmycat Â· 5 years ago.
How far apart are South America and Africa? At their closest, South America and Africa are approximately 2,848 kilometers, or 1,770 miles, apart. This is the approximate distance across the Atlantic Ocean between betwee â¦ n the eastern most part of Brazil to the western most part of Sierra Leone.+ 27 others found this useful.ome parts of the Earth are moving toward one another, and some parts are moving away from each other. For example, Europe and North America are moving apart at the rate of ab â¦ out one centimeter a year.